419 scam: "Mr.Paul Chiozie"<wnelson@blumail.org> ATTN:MY DEAR

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348084522652 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- wardrae25@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- +234-808-4522-652 so contact the lawyer mail adderss wardrae25@yahoo.com.hk ph for sign your total fund of usd1.5million via (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Paul Chiozie" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrmichaelgala@yahoo.se>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:14:41 -0800
Subject: ATTN:MY DEAR

ATTN:MY DEAR

LIKE WE WRITE FOR THE MAIL I HAVE OBTAIN ALL THE DOCUMENT THAT WILL COVER YOUR PAYMENT EVERY DAY SO ONCE WE START TRANSFER YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU NOTHING WILL STOP IT AGAIN BECAUSE ALL THE DOCUMENT WE HAVE OBTAIN IT OK,

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How are you today regard your total fund , so the federal minister adminstrator trust fund of Lagos, Nigeria. office told us that before we start transfer your fund to you, that the fund most be sign by the owner so i ask them how to do it because i know that you will not have much time to come down to our office and sign the owner of the fund and their told me that if the owner will not come down and sign it let the owner of the fund send his lawyer that he will sign the fund for his behalf ok ,

that is what they told me so as i come back to our office i think it well that you will not able to come down for the sign of the fund and your lawyer will not have time to come down and sign it for your behalf , so i look arround for some good lawyers that i know that will help you sign the paper on your behalf and i see one good lawyer that will help you sign the paper for your behalf so i Thank God that i see one good lawyer that will help you to sign on your behalf because the

time their said that the owner most come down and sign it i think by my self and know that you will not have time to come down and sign it so my dear God do every thing easy for us the lawyer that i borrow he did not cost much amount so that is only thing that am Thank God ok, so the lawyer said that he will use only sun of $65 dollars ONLY ,and i told he every thing about the person who owner of the fund that no have time to come down and sign so he told me that i will not pay he kncok door fee that the only fee the owner will pay is only his sign fee ok, so my dear Thank God that every thing is good well ok,

so what you will do right now fast is to go to the western union right now you receive this mail and send the lawyer sign fee because i promise he that i will come with the fee this eveing to his office so that he will sign the paper today so that first thing tomorrow morning your transfer of your fund will commence, so bear it in mind that the lawyer sign the paper is only thing that delay your fund to transfer to you ok, so Thank God every thing is well from tomorrow morning you start make use of your fund okay so as soon as you send the fee today urgent and call me right now so that i will go and meet the lawyer for his office in time today so that he will sign the paper in time today ok, you can send the lawyer sign fee with the information ok,

This is the information you will use to pick up your first payment once is relesae because now is onhold because of the lawyer sign fee ok, that is the reason why is onhold now so once you send the fee today and lawyer sign the fund for your behalf the payment will relesae to you within 1hours time ok,so my daer Thank God that we have obtain all the document that hold your total fund since to release to you ok ,so what is they now is that i will give you the lawyer that you will sign the fund E-mail adderss to contact and pay the fee for his sign your fund ok,

so i will give you the information we use send your first payment but you will not pick it up until the lawyer sign it ok, that is why i told you to contact the lawyer mail fast and send him the fee so that he will sign the paper fast ok, so what you will do again is that once you send the fee to the lawyer try and forwrd all your information to us ok , but send the fee to the lawyer ok you send your information to us ,

LAWYER NAME IS Mr.Palssn Heimbach
Phone Number +234-808-4522-652

SO CONTACT THE LAWYER MAIL ADDERSS wardrae25@yahoo.com.hk ph FOR SIGN YOUR TOTAL FUND OF USD1.5Million via western union by this governemnt.
THIS IS THE LAWYER MAIL ADDERSS TO CONTACT ONCE YOU SEND THE FEE TO HIM
( wardrae25@yahoo.com.hk
WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU URGENT NOW TO FORWARD US THE PAYMENT DETAILS ,
HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION:

RECEIVER NAME ----------ADIGUN SAMUEL
LOCATION CITY---------Cotonou
COUNTRY--------------Lagos, Nigeria.
TEXT QUESTION-----------HOW LONG
ANSWER-----------TODAY
AMOUNT--------------$65.00 Only
MTCN ----------------------------
Senders Name;-----------------

THIS IS THE LAWYER MAIL ADDERSS TO CONTACT ONCE YOU SEND THE FEE TO HIM ( mrwilliam.nelson@yahoo.com

[http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=wardrae25@yahoo.com.hkcom&Subj=Site Mail]

BEST REGARDS,
Mr.Paul Chiozie

FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
WESTERN UNION OFFICE Lagos, Nigeria.
THIS IS OUR CONDUCT CODE ( 500)
CALL ME IF YOU MADE PAYMENT MR.PAUL CHIOZIE

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